Quotes
Quotes about Debt
Rather go to bed supperless than rise in debt.
I place economy among the first and most important virtues, and public debt as the greatest of dangers ... We must make our choice between economy and liberty, or profusion and servitude. If we can prevent the government from wasting the labors of the.
Education: A debt due from present to future generations.
The Lord let the house of a brute to the soul of a man, And the man said, "Am I your debtor?" And the Lord--"Not yet: but make it as clean as you can, And then I will let you a better."
I have been in love, and in debt, and in drink, this many and many a year.
Crito, I owe a cock to Asclepius; will you remember to pay the debt?
Energetic action on debt would make a radical difference to the prospects of many of the poorest countries in the world, at no practical cost to creditor countries.
Debt is the worst poverty.
The 1980s are to debt what the 1960s were to sex. The 1960s left a hangover. So will the 1980s.
The creditor hath a better memory than the debtor.
In the midst of life we are in debt.
Some people use one half their ingenuity to get into debt, and the other half to avoid paying it.
Nothing is so well calculated to produce a death-like torpor in the country as an extended system of taxation and a great national debt.
A man's indebtedness is not virtue; his repayment is. Virtue begins when he dedicates himself actively to the job of gratitude.
Just praise is only a debt, but flattery is a present.
Thou whom avenging pow'rs obey, Cancel my debt (too great to pay) Before the sad accounting day.
Oh, how you wrong our friendship, valiant youth. With friends there is not such a word as debt: Where amity is ty'd with band of truth, All benefits are there in common set.
A grateful mind By owing owes not, but still pays, at once Indebted and discharg'd.
The whitewash'd wall, the nicely sanded floor, The varnish'd clock that click'd behind the door; The chest contriv'd a double debt to pay, A bed by night, a chest of drawers by day.
I was not born for Courts or great affairs; I pay my debts, believe, and say my pray'rs.
For a long time it has seemed to me that life was about to begin; Real life. But there was always some obstacle in the way, something to be got through first, some unfinished business, time still to be served, a debt to be paid. Then life would begin. At last it dawned on me that these obstacles were my life.
One can pay back the loan of gold, but one dies forever in debt to those who are kind.
The kiss you take is paid by that you give: The joy is mutual, and I'm still in debt.
Crito, I owe a cock to Asclepius; will you remember to pay the debt?
The whole of what we know is a system of compensations. Each suffering is rewarded; each sacrifice is made up; every debt is paid.
